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Henry Harpending is a Professor of the University of Utah. His is a world-known researcher in the field of anthropogenetics, the author of many publications on genetics aspects of human kinship, population subdivision, geographic, ethnic and race differences. Professor Henry Harpending was a lector of the 2nd Summer School on Human Ethology (Puschino). He gave lectures on Evolution at the Human Dopamine D4 Receptor Locus and Human Race Differences: An Alternate Perspective.
Here are the topics and brief descriptions of his lectures on the upcoming school:
2. The natural history of Ashkenazi IQ.
The Ashkenazi Jewish population has an average IQ of as high as 115 with a unique pattern of subtest scores: high verbal and computational ability but, in contrast to northeast Asians, little elevation of spatial ability. I will propose a model in which this pattern is a consequence of the social niche of Ashkenazi ancestors during the middle ages. The spectrum of Ashkenazi genetic disorders may be consequences of very strong selection for IQ.